Of course criminal and terrorists of all sorts ought to be encouraged to use toys, that way, when a law-abiding armed citizen is threatened with violence during a criminal encounter, they (we) can use counter-vailing lethal force- and then be relived that the perp we engaged was only using a toy- not that that would change the lethal force formula- even if the perp told us he was using a toy, we would still be lawfully entitled to fear for our lives, unless of course, the perp offered the “toy” weapon to us for inspection.....
I would not feel any different if I had used lethal force on a perp and then found out the weapon he brandished or threatened me with was a toy.
I hope more fools do in fact use toys rather than real weapons- it would indeed make the scenario much safer for the armed citizen.....
Does anyone think the last words heard by an expiring armed robber “but I told you it was only a toy” would change the outcome of a DA’s investigation or a grand jury’s decision? Me neither.
Yes add to that that most criminals are incompetent buffoons high on drugs. They make poor decisions and are pron to accidents.
How many videos have we seen of convenience store robberies where the perp pops off a round by accident.
I am all for this idea. A gunfight with a perp using a toy gun is the kind of gunfight you always win.